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Discovery of Mad Cow Disease in Canada? The 8-year-old cow was tested and killed in January after showing signs of illness, Canadian agriculture officials said. Tests at a laboratory in the United Kingdom on Tuesday confirmed signs of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease. Canadian officials sent samples to the United Kingdom to confirm the test. Health officials said they think they have limited the spread of the disease. The meat from the cow was declared unfit for consumption, was kept from other meat bound for packing plants and stores, and the rendered byproduct was not mixed with byproduct from other cows, Canadian officials said. As a precautionary measure, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it is temporarily banning Canadian beef. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said the case appears isolated and that the risk to human health and of animal transmission is likely very low."At this time we see no reason for any consumer to be concerned about the safety of the food supply, and in fact I intend to eat a steak tonight," she said. The cow attracted attention at the slaughterhouse because it looked ill, said Debbie Barr, a veterinarian with Canada's food inspection agency. The animal was killed, declared unfit for consumption and samples were taken for testing, she said. BSE is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of cattle. Canada's first case of mad cow disease appeared in 1993, in a beef cow imported from Britain in 1987.
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